Car-door mechanism



Oct. 12 ,1926.

w. rE. wlNE CAR DOOR MEGHANISM Filed Jan. 4. 192e 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 n Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

WILLIAM on'roLnno,` OHIO, y Y' Appneation nieu January y This invention relates-to irailway curs, and'- l:The objectof kthe invention, morefspeciff ically. stated, is to 'prolvidc a hoolrdke lever.

pivotallyrmounted uponthe car and adapted Vnornially-toIbe arranged' out=ofl engagement with the doorr locking ofy fastening mechanismflso'fas notl to -Interfere with,v opening movementioffthe door,1 the 'lever being, however, also adapted to be Vswung into engage-.-

mente with' the door on a fpartial closing of then-door` Aand 'thenoperable 'to force the door; fronathisinitialposition to lnalV closedA Another object `of'thefinventien the provision offmeans of this character rwhichj beingfattaehedto ther car 'body 'renders' un-A necessary!:theffemployment off'a pry bar orl other* implement for forcing'the door- Vfrom` pant-,rally 'closed :to -fully closed?l position7 the .use ofvmy :invention y'being of' material advantage .in'th'atfthef' proper leveragejwill' be assured so .that thei fdoor fmay be *forced* so Vas toirbe engaged Ain-final' f reinforcing baro fangularshape'f'rivetedor 9U otherwise suitably secured to. thelanglebar 18,?y f i entirely shut, positions'` A A'sstill furtherlfobject 'of' thel `invention is to-provi'dea closing l'everxwhichfis mounted x nplnnl or; carried by :the: 'bracket'structure;V within: `which thel door' hooky anddocking cam thereforf are 1 -pivotally mounted; it; rbengconsequently possible forythe'entire Aas-r seniiblly;A includingw the bracket, ho'ok, cam; andfnleverto be made and applied as a com-r vfArrad'litional:object istopirovide a deviceorstructure ofthis character (which: will bei not @'only: l ,simplei :and inexpensive to jmanufacture and installorf apply, but whichwilfl alsoi besafe andl convenient toV use,;eii'cient 1n.VI Itsv f action-f and always., read-y.v for service;

f To" the attainmentfoffthe"foregoing ,and -f'otherv 'objects'. and advantages, the'r inven-A tion'v preferably'consists4 in the,` combination andi? arrangement ofparts together with* the? detailed construction; toy be hereinafter more fully described;- andclaimed; and 'illustratedE in the-accompanying drawings-in which .4. ,1926. semi-Np. 79;'206.

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of a carhopper and-door therefor', the fc'arf hopper being provided with a securing.. hoo-k1 and -lockingcani and'vequippied withthe in--60 i f vention, thedoorbeing shown inA closed posi- 5 tion and the closing leverin inoperative` or normalposition, c y p, i t v. Figure 2 1s afhorlzontalsection talren v'on 1 the line ,2-2- of Figure 1 and showinguaf65 l plan view of the closing and securing means-:f y

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figurel .butl

lillustrating the doorin partially closed posi tion and engaged by the 'closinglever ready' to be forced shut7 and 70 Figure is ani elevation -vlookingiat"the: .Y

edge-of the structure shown,ini-Figure3.1

Referring 'more particularly toy thel drawings the f numeral'4 1 designatesn generally,` a

portion of a car hopper includingside sheets" 75 Vhas an open side 1;normallyclosed'by-.a'v

swingably mount-eddoori 5 ofthelfordinaryz. Y constructionand mounted in :a well/known'y r mannen Thek side sheets carry .angularfso :reinforcing `members v6A vwhichnarev prefer-;

thememberx and thef'sideysheets 2. f

The' door 5 .has the usual-i-ianges`atfits edges and' isliprovide'd its outer sidewitn a stiffener lOanddoor` arm y11A formed as an" 95 angle bariwithvits end portion 12 offset outa vvardly toclearthe flange-and'fprojecting I considerably beyond thev edge of theidoorr' Suitabl-y secured upon thefside of thehop'-V per is a braclretor: plate'lbetween which Y 100 and fthe hopperzispivoted, at 14, a door hook y 15 having two ledges 16 and-17 adapted to 1 coopera-te with. the end 12 ofthe 'door avr-m forholding the door respectively ine-partially or: fullyclosed position*` Afloc'king cam 18,:` 105 ispivoted Aat 19 between theplate or bracket" 13 and thelv hopperfjsheetforv engagement 1 with f the hook 15. ifor maintaining vthe 'latter inflocling' relation .to `the door, as indicated" in Figureflg theleclge'l-"Z` engaging the door Il@ armatthis time. 'm L Formed uplonor securedto vvtheV bracket or constructed and arranged to be brought into engagement with the door arm for forcing` the door from partially to fully closed position. rllhis lever is provided at one end kwith a handle 22 and has its other end formed with a curved nose 23 of such length as to be capable of engagement against the outer face of the door arm for .applying pressure to the door. Projecting laterally from the plate or bracket 13 is a suitable vstop y524iupon which the lever 2l may rest when in inoperative position, the position of this stop being such that whenA the lever en-V gages thereon the curved nose 23' of the lever will be located above. the path of movement of. the door arm l. so as not to interfere with the opening action.

Assuming that the door is in open position with the door arm entirely disengaged from the hook l5, to effect closing, the door is swung, by `any suitable means or method intopartially closed position, the ledge i6 of the door hook engaging over the upper edge of the doo-r arm extension l2. The lever 2l is then swung from its normal or inoperativeV position shown in Figure l upwardly and toward ythe door so that the curved nose 23 will come into engagement with the outer side of the door arm as indicated in Figure 3. The operator then should be understood that this disclosure "is merely illustrative and many changes may be made in the detailed construction and the arrangement and combination of parts provided suoli modifications constitute no departure from the invention as defined in the claims hereunto appended.

jlaving thus described the invention, I claim:

l. In a railway car having a hinged door,

acting means on the car and the door for holding the door-selectively in vpartially or 3. In a railway car having a hinged door carrying a door armprojecting beyond the side thereof, a hook pivoted on the car and formed with a plurality of ledges selectively engageable with the door arm for holding` `the door in partially or fully closed position,

and lever means pivotally mounted on the car and engageable with the door arm for lforcing' the door from partly to fully closedv position.

4. In a railway car having a hingeddoor carrying a door arm projecting beyond the side thereof, a hook pivoted on the car and. y formed with a plurality of ledges selectively engageable with the door arm for holding the door in. partially lor'fully closed position, lever means pivotally mounted' on the car and engageable with the door arm.

its movement ink formedVV with a plurality of ledges selective.

ly engageable with the door arm for holding the door in partially or fullyxclosed position, lever means pivotally mounted on the car and. engageable withthe door arm for forcing Ythe doorfrom partly to fully closed position, and stop means engageable by the lever for limiting its Amovement in one directionv and maintaining it normally ment of the door arm.

6. Ina railway car having a hinged door carrying a door arm projecting klaterally with its active endout of the path of movetherebeyond, va lbracket structure mounted on the side of the car, a hook pivoted within i the bracketstructure and having .successive- 'Y ly usableyledges engageable with theV door arm for holding the door in partially or fully closed postion, and a lever pivotally` mounted' upon said bracket and having fa nose engageable with the door arm when f the latter is engaged by one of said ledges,

the lever being operable to force the door 'to fully closed position with the door ar engaged by the other ledge.

7. In a railway car having a hinged doorv carrying a door arm projecting laterally therebeyond, a bracket structure mounted on the side of the car, a hook pivoted within the bracket structure and having successively usable ledges engageable with the doorarm for holding the door in partially or fully closed position, a lever pivotally mounted upon said bracket and having a nose enthe 'bracket normally supporting the lever gageable with the door 'ar-1n when the latter.

in non-obstructing `relation toy the. path of movement of the door arm.

8. In a railway hopper car `having a hinged door carrying a door arm, a rbracket Structure mounted on the side of the hopper, a door hook pivoted within the bracket and having successive ledges adapted to be en gaged with the door arm for maintaining the door in partially or fully closed position, a trunnion memberr projecting outwardly from the bracket, and a lever pivoted on the trunnion member having a nose engageable with the door arm for forcing the door from partly tofully closed position. Y

9j In alrailway lhop-per carl having a hinged door carrying a door arm, a bracket` structure. mounted on the side of the hopper, @a door hook pivoterdl within the bracket and having successive ledges adaptedl to be engaged with the door arm for maintaining the door in partially or fully closed position, a trunnion member projecting outV f vwardly from 4the bracket, a lever pivoted onv theftrunnion member having anose engageable with the door arm for forcing the door from partly to fully closed position, and

so f

a stop projecting outwardly Vfrom the bracket memberA and constituting a supportffor thelever when the lever is in inoperative position whereby said nose will be maintained above the path oftravel of the door armv during opening movement of the door.

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature.

. WILLIAM E. WINE. 

